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Help me cut the cord
| November 26th, 2018 at 2:52:26 PM permalink | |
| GwoAE Member since: Mar 24, 2018 Threads: 4 Posts: 31 |
The main reason we have stuck with cable so long now is because of dvr. If I went the fire stick route then I have to remember which shows to go looking for. With DVR I just open it up and my favorites are there ready to be watched. Setting up my favorites with hulu and it looked like a very viable option, except half of the shows that I watch on CBS are not on hulu unless you pay $40 for hulu live. |
| November 26th, 2018 at 3:14:47 PM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18210 |
I hear you there, but for $900/yr I adjusted :-) Might be an app to help keep your favorites but I am getting to be an OM and haven't looked. The President is a fink. |
| November 26th, 2018 at 3:15:47 PM permalink | |
| Dalex64 Member since: Mar 8, 2014 Threads: 3 Posts: 3687 | Have you looked at "CBS all-access"? It is the way things are fragmenting now. There are many of these $5 to $20/month "channels" with exclusive streaming rights now. Sign up for them all and you will exceed a cable bill and end up with less content due to all the garbage that gets packaged pretty much for free on cable. Some of that garbage might interest you. Personally, I was at my parents for Thanksgiving, and noticed they had hundreds of channels and there was nothing on that interested me. "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts." Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
| November 26th, 2018 at 3:17:51 PM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18210 |
I did the same. Ended up putting on the CNBC marathon of "The Profit" then "Shark Tank." After the Dog Show, though. The President is a fink. |
| November 26th, 2018 at 7:23:51 PM permalink | |
| DRich Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 51 Posts: 4966 |
The first season of the profit was good, Then they changed it from a business show to a personal interest show. I refuse to watch t now. At my age a Life In Prison sentence is not much of a detrrent. |
| November 26th, 2018 at 8:40:10 PM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
In the list below , the first 25 channels are with Blue or Orange option. Blue or Orange alone is $25, together they are $40. Orange alone is one device streaming at a time, Blue is three devices. I think combined they are three, but check the rules. Obviously if you are a Fox News junkie this is a bad option. There is a decent collection of sports channels, but not a lot of movies. The presumption is that you need Netflix. My neighbor says the channel he miss most is CBS which costs $7. They don't miss ABC because there are only minimal sports on ABC.
No CBS, ABC, CW, ION so it helps if you combine with antenna service. My cable company says that if I drop TV and return their TV boxes and DVRs and keep internet and phone they will only reduce the bill by $55. Sling costs $40, Sling DVR costs $5, and CBS costs $7. So I would only save $3. It isn't worth it. Cable companies may improve their profit picture by just delivering phone and internet if they can charge enough. There are no decent alternatives as cellular is too expensive, 5G won't be around for years, and ADSL via the phone line is not available to me. If I go to cable company and order just TV and nothing else with the DVR and set top boxes for three TVs, they would charge $110. But if I drop TV from the triple play, they will only take price down by $55. I would say they have us by the short and curlies. Sling TV was founded in January 2015, and was the first service that combined multiple channels of live TV from different companies into a streaming service. No one knew about the economics, but Disney reserved the right to pull out if they thought it was hurting their revenue stream. The Blue and Orange options were just in case Disney pulled out, then Sling could cancel the Orange option. Now of course, Disney had purchased most of the assets of 21st century Fox and will start their own streaming service next year. you can GET A FREE ROKU® EXPRESS when you subscribe and prepay 2 months of Sling TV. If you choose a $25 service that's a $50 commitment, a ROKU® EXPRESS costs $30 in a store. So you are extending minimal amount of money to experiment. You can probably get a free week on top of that. |
| November 27th, 2018 at 2:09:07 AM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18210 |
It was good but kind of faked as a guy like that is not going to drop that much cash without even basic due diligence. I ate at The Simple Greek and it is a pretty good job he did, place always has a line. The President is a fink. |
| November 27th, 2018 at 8:16:09 AM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
The Hulu special is only Video on Demand, no Live TV (still $40 a month). In addition to NBC, ABC and Fox programs and movies, Hulu carries shows from networks such as A&E, Big Ten Network, Bravo, FX, PBS, NFL Network, Oxygen, RT America, Fox Sports 1/2, Esquire Network, SundanceTV, Syfy, USA Network, NBCSN, and online comedy sources such as Onion News Network. Even though they are two different products, the difference in price is shocking. |
| November 30th, 2018 at 12:54:42 PM permalink | |
| GwoAE Member since: Mar 24, 2018 Threads: 4 Posts: 31 |
Hulu for .99 would have worked perfect if it wasnt for cbs and NBC. A lot of shows that I watch or try to watch you have to have hulu live. Well at any rate, comcast is on their way to install cable. I am getting 100/100 for $51 a month with taxes. My fios bill was going up to 154. That gives me a little room to try some different things. |
| November 30th, 2018 at 1:50:35 PM permalink | |
| GwoAE Member since: Mar 24, 2018 Threads: 4 Posts: 31 | Well comcast just came and they need flaggers to install because I live on a main road. They are coming tomorrow with a bucket truck and flaggers. |